Comments - Are you bored with RBC? - RecruitingBlogs2015-03-03T22:38:47Zhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1785654&xn_auth=no@Sandra on Wednesday: Thanks.…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-07:502551:Comment:17874892014-02-07T16:46:35.616ZKeith D. Halperinhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/KeithDHalperin
<p>@Sandra on Wednesday: Thanks. I know I've done lots of commenting over the past few moths, didn't think I had before..</p>
<p>@Amy on Wednesday: the very fact that you consider what you say and are conscientious means you should say MORE, not less. From my understanding of things, unless there's some sort of useful "Silent Majority" blog metric- if someone doesn't state something , or does so one-on-one, it doesn't really help RBC at all.. At the same time don't do anything that's…</p>
<p>@Sandra on Wednesday: Thanks. I know I've done lots of commenting over the past few moths, didn't think I had before..</p>
<p>@Amy on Wednesday: the very fact that you consider what you say and are conscientious means you should say MORE, not less. From my understanding of things, unless there's some sort of useful "Silent Majority" blog metric- if someone doesn't state something , or does so one-on-one, it doesn't really help RBC at all.. At the same time don't do anything that's uncomfortable- we value whatever you contribute.</p> Who else is on the Editorial…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-07:502551:Comment:17875922014-02-07T15:48:18.328ZJeremy Roberts, SPHRhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/JeremyRoberts
<p>Who else is on the Editorial Advisory Board?</p>
<p>Who else is on the Editorial Advisory Board?</p> @Amy M - thanks so much for t…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-05:502551:Comment:17873412014-02-05T23:36:57.660ZKelly Blokdijkhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/KellyBlokdijk
<p>@Amy M - thanks so much for taking the time to join the convo. Agreed. Time is a factor for most of us when it comes to posting and/or commenting. I'm with you on balancing the option of expressing your opinion or zipping your lip to avoid the drama too. Believe me there are many times that I keep my thoughts off the screen - and perhaps many times that I don't, but "should" keep it to myself.</p>
<p>I don't think there is any guilt or pressure to post anything or participate in discussions…</p>
<p>@Amy M - thanks so much for taking the time to join the convo. Agreed. Time is a factor for most of us when it comes to posting and/or commenting. I'm with you on balancing the option of expressing your opinion or zipping your lip to avoid the drama too. Believe me there are many times that I keep my thoughts off the screen - and perhaps many times that I don't, but "should" keep it to myself.</p>
<p>I don't think there is any guilt or pressure to post anything or participate in discussions if you aren't comfortable with it or simply have better things to do with your time. I think we can all agree that quality shouldn't be measured by quantity of comments, shares, etc. Just check out the traffic on any of those LI influencer articles. Most are mediocre at best, but you wouldn't know that by how prevalent they are all over everyone's LI timeline every day. Thanks again for adding your thoughts! ~KB</p> Keith, not that it makes any…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-05:502551:Comment:17867392014-02-05T09:13:01.270ZSandra McCartthttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
Keith, not that it makes any difference but I meant search your name on this site. You have 5 pages of comments.
Keith, not that it makes any difference but I meant search your name on this site. You have 5 pages of comments. I see what you are all saying…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-05:502551:Comment:17867362014-02-05T08:17:06.051ZAmy McDonaldhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/AmyMcDonald368
<p>I see what you are all saying here, really I do. Kelly, I found myself nodding "yes" while reading the majority of your post. BUT...I have to tell you, my favorite thing about social media. is that I can run my big mouth off at my pleasure when something motivates me to do so. I can take 20 minutes to write a 3 line come back if it pisses me off considering each and ever word. OR I can bite my tongue, roll my eyes and pretend I don't have an opinion with NOT commenting. You are none the…</p>
<p>I see what you are all saying here, really I do. Kelly, I found myself nodding "yes" while reading the majority of your post. BUT...I have to tell you, my favorite thing about social media. is that I can run my big mouth off at my pleasure when something motivates me to do so. I can take 20 minutes to write a 3 line come back if it pisses me off considering each and ever word. OR I can bite my tongue, roll my eyes and pretend I don't have an opinion with NOT commenting. You are none the wiser and the only one that hears my wrath or possibly un-justified or weakly supported criticism is my husband. Sometimes silence IS golden, even in a forum like this where the goal is engagement.</p>
<p>What I'm saying is, just because you don't see a post from me, does not mean I don't have an opinion or share your post with others, or talk about it in live situations. I just have to manage my time (Tom Bolt, I'm still open to tips) I've trained myself to stop and consider whether a public post is the right place to share my views and if I have the time to check what I'm spurting out for spelling and grammatical errors. God forbid anyone know how bad they REALLY are. I don't think every post needs a typed response to be worthy, even excellent for this or any site.</p>
<p>That being said, I agree, there is a lot of content right now that feels SO regurgitated. I find myself not publishing something I write because within minutes of finishing what I feel to be good, I'll see a similar view on a blaster site and I just can't stand the thought that someone might think I "copied" them. That's not good either. There are those would read my post that never see the other even if a handful of die hard, suck-in-all-the-information-you-can-get, recruiting nerds like us. I think sometimes we need to just go with it and accept that the beauty of internet social and professional networking sites is the perceived anonymity of it, and the fact that everyone can put their spin out there for those who will take the time to read it. Maybe a fresh-out-of college, go-getter that has to research half of the buzz words or industry specific terms that I use. Please don't guilt us in to thinking we need to comment more or become more engaged or grouped in with the rest of the sheep that are really saying the same thing as a hundred other people have said. The fact that I don't have to, but I can, is what I love most about sites like this.</p> @ Kelly.Thanks. So, it looks…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-04:502551:Comment:17865992014-02-04T16:54:16.899ZKeith D. Halperinhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/KeithDHalperin
<p>@ Kelly.Thanks. So, it looks from what people are saying that RBC has lost focus- there's lots of stuff for candidates and lots of s non-recruiting stuff, too. Is that basically it?</p>
<p>@ Sandra:. While I evidently did say some things back then, I pretty much dropped off entirely- accordingly to a quick Google, I commented three times before 2013. I pretty much missed all the hullabaloo (or was it brouhaha?). I was contributing (if you can call it that) on a "certain other recruiting…</p>
<p>@ Kelly.Thanks. So, it looks from what people are saying that RBC has lost focus- there's lots of stuff for candidates and lots of s non-recruiting stuff, too. Is that basically it?</p>
<p>@ Sandra:. While I evidently did say some things back then, I pretty much dropped off entirely- accordingly to a quick Google, I commented three times before 2013. I pretty much missed all the hullabaloo (or was it brouhaha?). I was contributing (if you can call it that) on a "certain other recruiting forum" (I still do.).... I look forward to helping RBC out of the gutter (apparently where some people think it has fallen) back into to the sewer!</p>
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<p>YOWZA!</p>
<p>Keith "Last of the Recruiting Sewer Rats" Halperin</p> Steve L, as always you are 'o…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-04:502551:Comment:17864592014-02-04T13:40:07.029ZJeff Dickey-Chasinshttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/JeffDickeyChasins
<p>Steve L, as always you are 'on point.'</p>
<p>Steve L, as always you are 'on point.'</p> Keith, either you have bumped…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-04:502551:Comment:17865342014-02-04T02:27:15.221ZSandra McCartthttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
Keith, either you have bumped your head on a jagged piece of sky or you have a memory loss. You were an active poster here in 2008. If you really think you are a "newbie". Do a search of your own name on the site and refresh yourself on the many comments back in '08. And forward.
Keith, either you have bumped your head on a jagged piece of sky or you have a memory loss. You were an active poster here in 2008. If you really think you are a "newbie". Do a search of your own name on the site and refresh yourself on the many comments back in '08. And forward. @Keith - I've only been on RB…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-04:502551:Comment:17862482014-02-04T01:03:59.072ZKelly Blokdijkhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/KellyBlokdijk
<p>@Keith - I've only been on RBC for about ~5yrs so I don't know the entire history. My estimation of what used to be: comfortable place for fellow industry practitioners to post and comment about real life, day-to-day "stuff" that they were dealing with and/or venting about and/or seeking advice, empathy, slap upside the head, etc.</p>
<p>What showed up more recently... See Sandra's post. Lots of non-industry pros writing about all sorts of topics that they have no business posting and/or off…</p>
<p>@Keith - I've only been on RBC for about ~5yrs so I don't know the entire history. My estimation of what used to be: comfortable place for fellow industry practitioners to post and comment about real life, day-to-day "stuff" that they were dealing with and/or venting about and/or seeking advice, empathy, slap upside the head, etc.</p>
<p>What showed up more recently... See Sandra's post. Lots of non-industry pros writing about all sorts of topics that they have no business posting and/or off topic subjects that have no business being posted here. Here's what I posted about this a couple of years ago: <a href="http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/does-the-rbc-site-intro-mean-what-i-think-it-means" target="_blank">http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/does-the-rbc-site-intro-mean-what-i-think-it-means</a></p>
<p>Perhaps some others will share their observations from the early days and the unfortunate newer state of affairs that drove many people away. </p> @ Kelly, et al:
As a relative…tag:www.recruitingblogs.com,2014-02-03:502551:Comment:17862442014-02-03T22:48:25.813ZKeith D. Halperinhttp://www.recruitingblogs.com/profile/KeithDHalperin
<p>@ Kelly, et al:</p>
<p>As a relative "newbie- what used to be here that isn't any longer, and what is here that didn't used to be?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Keith</p>
<p>@ Kelly, et al:</p>
<p>As a relative "newbie- what used to be here that isn't any longer, and what is here that didn't used to be?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Keith</p>